IgG Allergry Test Results

DVFlyer wrote: For those interested, these are Keian's IgG test results. The IgG test is a food allergy test done using a blood sample sent to a lab. It was suggested to us that we have this done in order to help work through his autism.

I kept them sort of large so that you can see the results more easily. If it causes a problem, I can shrink them a bit.

A&A'smommy replied: oh wow VERY interesting thanks for sharing!!

Kaitlin'smom replied: wow, so whats next? do you met with someone to go over what he can eat? do they think he might ever out grow some of the allergies?

DVFlyer replied: We had a consultation with the Dr. (another $250.. ) but the results speak for themselves. We just have to follow them and see if it makes a difference.

We've been keeping him off (most) of wheat products as that seems to be the biggest thing he's allergic to that we were feeding him..... EVERYTHING has wheat in it, it seems. I can't say I've noticed a "big" change, but it certainly isn't going to hurt him not to feed him wheat so it's worth a shot to keep it going for a while.

I went to a Henry's market to pick up some Gluten/ Wheat free Millet bread... $5 for a tiny loaf of tiny slices of bread... unbelievable.. and they say the large stores are ripping people off.

Don't know if he'll grow out of them, but from what I understand, as you get older, your body deals with the allergens better. I think there are many people out there who are eating food they are allergic too and pass off the symptoms as something else.... IBS, etc.

Time will tell.....

Boo&BugsMom replied:
Wow. I hope it helps him. That's a very interesting report, and nicely detailed. I agree about the allergies too and being passed for other things.

DVFlyer replied: I am also going to scan and post the OAT (Organic Acid Test) we had done. It's more "hocus pocus" IMO, but I'm also open to it being accurate and experimenting with treatments as long as they don't hurt him. i.e. most of the treatments are things like B-12 supplementation or yeast growth fighters etc.

It tests the "toxic" levels in his system. Lots of very big "$5 words", but some might find it interesting.


ETA- I should mention that none of this is covered by medical insurance at this point. So for anyone looking into it, you should know what you are getting into before jumping.

boyohboyohboy replied: I am sorry that you are dealing with all this..if it helps at all our son was tested when he was 18 months old when we first started this testing and he is now 3. with strict avoidance of the foods he was positive for..he has out grown almost all of these allergies now..
we avoided them for one year..
also we do retest with the skin testing every yr.
if he has symptoms from the food allergies, we use a routine med called atarax to coat the mast cells to allow him to come in contact with the foods with a minimal or no reaction at all..he has sense stopped taking the meds now and does fine.

Our insurance also covered all of our testing but his deductable..we had the rast and skin testing done as well as the patch testing..

I havent heard of the OAT test, I am interested in seeing that..

we were recommended to an herbalist and nutritionist with Jakob but we never did go...

please feel to pm me if I can help. I know what you are going thru.

DVFlyer replied:
Thank you for your thoughts.

Unfortunately, Keian does not have any outward symptoms of being allergic to any of these foods. i.e. there is no rash, itching, sneezing, congestion etc.... All this was done to develop a treatment plan for his Autism. And because of that, it's not covered under medical insurance. Perhaps if my wife brought him to a regular doctor, some of it might have, but she does not trust medical doctors.

It's all a theory at this point whether or not the Autism is being caused by the food.

fwiw- we just had Chloe at the doctor and they are going to do an IgE (or IgA??) test. The insurance will cover that one because it's "approved". The medical community does not believe in the IgG test.

boyohboyohboy replied: I had read the book that Jenny McCarthy wrote about her son Evan and his autistic behaviors and it was really interesting. There was a lot in there about food and how it affects children. I dont know if you had seen that..also she had a lot of links and books in the back to reference.
I know there has been a lot in the news lately about how food and dyes and things like that do affect kids with autism as well as aspergers.

I think you are right, I think we dealt with the IgE testing.

DVFlyer replied:
Jenny McCarthy's "journey" is how my wife got so entrenched in healing Keian naturally.

I have to control my cynical side (and it's tough) when her and I get into discussions about all of this because "Jenny's son reacted to 'this'" or "Jenny McCarthy's son reacted to 'that' ".

I haven't watched all of the videos, but the ones I've seen and the stories I've read involve kids who were not speaking a word and then all of a sudden- a few days later- speaking full sentences. THAT is amazing. One I saw showed a boy having mini-seizures and showed one side of his body reacting slower than his other... They put him on an anti-viral treatment of some sort and within a week, he was spelling words and speaking sentences... THAT I can believe in.

As much as I love my wife for sticking to her guns, Keian's changes have taken place over a year+ and are not THAT dramatic; sort of what I'd expect of a child at his level over that time period....

Likewise, in Jenny McCarthy's son, Evan's, case, she believes his Autism was caused by vaccinations- or being given too many/ much at one time. She believes by doing supplements, changing his diet and curing his body of Candida, he "recovered" from Autism in 2-3 years.

While I tend to agree that the vaccinations are given too much at one time, I find it hard to believe what Jenny did had much of an effect given the time period it took for his "recovery".

..... see, there goes my cynical side.

boyohboyohboy replied: I also thought her findings or the findings she discovered people were using were really interesting.
there are a lot of studies about dyes and the way food are grown that say children are not able to handle them.
I hope you find something that works to.
I know just how you and your wife feel..somedays i just wished I could feed him normally and not read all the lables..

coasterqueen replied: Very interesting results. We have yet to determine if we'll do the IgG testing, depending on the results of the diet elimination we started today.

DVFlyer - I was not aware that your son had Autism. Although Megan is on the very far opposite side of the autism spectrum I've come to appreciate a lot of findings on it. Our occupational therapist is big into the findings of autism and treats a lot of sensory processing disorder issues alongside autism. She is the one who encouraged us to do the allergy testing. She said that almost every kid she's seen with either autism, adhd, or spd has a food allergy. I have yet to delve far enough into the research to find out WHY there is that correlation. It's something in the body chemical make-up, dna make-up maybe, that there is one. I'm not sure.

My other daughter, Kylie, has an autistic kid in her class. I first met the boy at Kylie's birthday party, and met the mother. We started really talking when she found out Megan has spd and that we see the same therapist. We've since grown closer due to this. The boy (Noah) has really latched on to Kylie but can be pretty abusive and mean to her. I mean, he's hit Kylie several times, but nothing that caused her great harm. I sat down with Kylie and explained to her in great detail about Noah's issue as well as how she should react/behave around him and that remember her sister was on that same spectrum. Since then Noah's mother has expressed her appreciation of our ability to understand Noah and most importantly that Kylie understands him. She about cried telling me that and I know how much it means to her. I get that a lot of people have not understood well, and I know she has a larger fight than I do (with Megan) with the school system.

NEways.....being that I believe a lot in organics, what chemicals/foods/etc/etc goes into our bodies has a consequence to our bodies (etc) I put a lot of faith into the fact that I think some of the things Jenny McCarthy has done for her son really has helped him with his autism. Jenny isn't the 1st person to do these things. There are TONS of parents of autistic kids that have done this and saw improvement. ANY improvement is better than none. I am all for bettering one's health/issues in a more natural approach than a medical one if at all possible. I think it is awesome that they can take these types of allergens out of one's diet and it make a difference. I truly hope this will be the case for Megan, as well.

I commend your wife, because these people we hear that have successes give us hope. We'll always be beaten down by the medical community for trying more natural approaches (thanks to the drug companies as well, lol) and it takes a lot of guts to keep doing research and deciding to take the road less taken.

I know myself have suffered migraines for YEARS and tried everything medically possible with no avail. I started last September seeing a compounding pharmacist for my migraines and I am happy to say I am no longer taking 4 motrin every 6 hours 24/7. I take a few a few times a month (mainly during PMS) and that's it. Although, talking with my regular medical doctor he completely ignores the drastic changes in my life due to a more natural method to ridding my migraines.

Ok, I'm way off topic and rambling at this point, lol. Thank you for sharing the test results and please keep us posted. I, obviously, haven't been on the board in a long time and just posted recently to the allergy section. I'm not straying far from that section, but was told you posted something about it here.

DVFlyer replied:
Ya, it really makes sense on a certain level that kids' little bodies are unable to handle things that adult's bodies can, so we should be cautious of what we feed them.

It's interesting to note that my wife said her very first memory of Keian's first "blow ups" (MAJOR tantrum) was the day she stopped breast feeding and gave him regular milk.

I'll ask her about dyes... I don't think she's looked into them as much as the GFCF stuff.

Thanks again.

coasterqueen replied:
Yes, I would encourage you both to check into the dyes. I believe there is a lot there! I know when I was nursing Kylie a very good friend of mine, a lactation consultant, sent me some very interesting articles on dyes and at that time didn't see a big need to deal with that, but I remember finding the information very interesting and useful. Now I wish I would have kept those articles for myself, lol. Obviously now I have to deal with the dye issue and the things I've found (which isn't a whole lot unfortunately) is alarming. We are only cutting out yellow dye now, as that is what Megan is allergic to, but we would really like to cut out all dyes, which would mean basically living off the earth for food, lol. Dh would be very happy for that, though, so hopefully some day we'll get there.